What is a Good OSHA Incident Rate? It’s important for employers and safety professionals to be aware of what good looks like when it comes to an organization’s incident rate. Knowing this will help protect more employees and create a safer work environment. So, let’s start at the beg...
A paper by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) flatly calls workers’ compensation a “broken system.” It estimates that 50% of the costs of workplace injury and illness are borne by the individuals who suffer them. Low-wage and immigrant workers often don’t even apply ...
Cal/OSHA Labor Code 6401.9 also defines workplace violence as an incident that involves a threat or use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon and includes the use of a common object as a weapon. Even if an employee is not injured in this case, this is a reportable incident. Workplace ...
Fines range between $100-$50,000 per incident depending on the level of perceived negligence. If auditors detect that the organization under investigation has neglected to perform a “good faith effort” toward HIPAA compliance, fines can become astronomical. With well over $40 million levied in ...
HIPAA contains a series of rules that covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) must follow to be compliant. One of these rules is known as the HIPAA Security Rule. You might be wondering, what is the HIPAA Security Rule? This rule, which applies to both CEs and BAs, is ...
Why is it that the ICS, which has been shown to be effective in both managing the incident and in promoting the safety of response personnel regardless of the type of emergency situation in which the ICS is used, is still is not well known or well understood by those of us in the ...
Generally, workplace violence is the handiwork of three factors: A workplace environment favorable for violence to ignite An event that sets off the violent incident The person or persons responsible for it You should identify these factors and address them immediately before they become a deadly ...
a) Cost. An obvious one is that you’ll have to go to the time and expense of having a new crown made. b) It’s good to know where the swallowed crown is. It’s both comforting and necessary to know that the crown has exited your body. We discuss this issue next.How much super...
Years 1-4: Obtaining a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as occupational health and safety, environmental science, or engineering. Years 5-6: Accumulating the necessary work experience in areas like safety regulations, hazard identification, and incident investigation. During this time, ...
Today a wide range of products are sold using the same general marketing theme as the Marlboro ads: life is better; and your clothes, body and house are cleaner, fresher, more desirable if they smell nice. However, the invisible and unlabeled ingredients that make you or your house cleaner...